From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-03-13T00:25:52+09:00
Subject: Re: cgi script send a bad image to the browser

Alex wrote:
> I'd like do do something like this:
> 
> 1)The user insert some data in a field, than press a button
> 2)A script receive the data and return some textual info and an image
> 
> With ajax I can make an interface with an instant textual answer from
> the system (without page refresh), but I'd like to do the same thing
> with the image.
> If I use this technique:
> <img src="nph-script.rb">
> The image is updated only when I refresh the page.
> Ummm... maybe I simply cannot do it.

See my previous response to your initial message


"You might be able to us JavaScript to get a reference to the desired 
Image object (in document.images )and update the src property."


Google around for DHTML, JavaScript, and image replacement/preloading.


-- 
James Britt

"You harmonize; then you customize."
  - Wilson Pickett